Ice-cream scoop



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F. W. VGLLANS ICE CREAM SCOOP @rizinal ile Dec- 6. 1922 INVENTUH.

QWMW, 34mm ATT il atentefi 2 1926 assen FREDERICK vr. V'OLLANS, on ORILLIA;

CNTAEIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO FISHER MOTQRCO. LIMITED,' OF onIL'L'IA, ONTARIO, CANADA.-

ICE-CREAM SCOOP.

Application filed December This invention relates to. scoops used for filling edible containers with semi-solid filling and more particularly to that type in which a spring is provided for normally maintaining the ejector in its retracted posi ion and my object it to provide a neat, compact and sanitary scoop so constructed that it can be cheaply manufactured and the spring entirely enclosed.

I attain my object by means of the constructions hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation; partly of my improved device;

Fig. 2 a sectional detail of the shank atright angles to Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is rear side elevation of the lever.

1 is a seamed tubular shank having a substantially cylindrical enlargement 2 formed intermediate its ends. This enlargement is formed by opening and spreading the seam of the tube to form a substantially flat bottom 3, extending laterally on each side of the tube and substantially in alinement'with 4' the wall or the tube opposite the seam, and having an upwardly extending cylindrical wall 1 which is deeper than the diameter of the shank so that in effect it forms a boss on the latter. 7

At one end of the shank 1 is secured a scoop body 5 by means of a flanged socket 6, the socket of which is soldered or otherwise secured to the shank and the flange is soldered or otherwise secured adjacent the rear end of the scoop body. At the opposite end of the shank is secured a hand grip 7. The scoop body 5 is formed of tubing having its forward edge slightly tapered to facilitate its use.

To discharge the contents of the scoop both; after it has been filled by inserting it in a mass of semi-solid filling suit-able for edible containers, I provide the ejector 8 formed as a plunger slidably mounted in the tubular scoop body. This plunger is actuated by means of a lever 9 tulcrumed intermediate its ends on the enlargement 2 as hereinafter more fully described. The lever 9 is pivotally connected with one end of a link 10 the other end of which is pivotally connected with the plunger. To limit the inward tra el 9: the P ger the flang in section,

6, 1922. f Serial No. 805,367.

socket 6 is provided with a pair of lugs 11 which are bent upwardly at the inner end of the "coop body to form abutment members adapted to engage the rear end of the plunger. v

in annular cup 12 soldered or otherwise secured in the enlargement 2 is provided with a centrally located hub 13 in which the fulcrum pin la 01' the lever 9 is journailed. The lever 9, made from sheet metah isstamped outwardly to form a recess 15 on its side adjacent the cup 12. This recess.

is'concentric with the fulcrum pin 14 and is formed with a stamped out, extension 16 which extends tangentially therefrom. This extension is provided with a perforation at the end to form a shoulder 17.

To normally maintain'the plunger in its retracted position and in engagement with the abutment members 11, a coil. spring 18 disposed on the hub 13 is provided and is entirely enclosed in the cup 12 andthe recess 15. One end of this spring engages a shoulder 19 formed by drilling a hole, in the cup and the other end of the spring is directed tangentially from the coil, (see Fig. 1), so that it is received in the tangential extension 16 and engages theshoulder 17 formed therein and tends to rock'the lever and to retract the plunger.

The lever is held in position on the enlargement 2 by means of a cotter pin 22. passing through the fulcrum pin 14 and engaging the bottom 3 of the enlargement. v

The finger grip 20, formed on the lever 9 by bending over the lower end of the latter, is adapted to engage the hand grip 7 to limit the forward movement of the ejector 8.

ly when it is being held in and operated by one hand of the operator, I provide the guard 21 located at the forward end of the hand grip 7 and adapted to be engaged by the forward part of the opera-tors hand.

The device is used by grasping the hand grip in one hand while the scoop body is being dipped into the filling and then operat the lever, by means of the finger gri 20 with the fingers of the same hand, to discharge the contents of the. scoop body as hereinbetore described. The spring'18 returns the plunger an the leverto their 1101' To prevent the device slipping backward mal positions for a fresh scooping operation.

What I claim as my invention is 1. An ice cream scoop including a scoop body; an ejector; a shank secured to the body and formed from seamed tubing having a recessed enlargement formed therein by spreading the seam; a lever for actuating the ejector journalled in the enlargement; and a coil spring fitted in the enlargement and engaged with the latter and the lever for retracting the ejector.

2. An ice cream scoop including a scoop body; an ejector; a shank secured to the body and formed from seamed tubing having an enlargement formed therein by spreading the seam; an annular cup secured in the enlargement; a lever for actuating ejector journalled in the cup; and a coil spring fitted in the cup and engaged with the latter and the lever for retracting the ejector.

3. In an ice cream scoop the combination with a scoop body and an ejector, ofa tubular shank secured to the body and having an enlargement formed integral therewith; an annular cup secured in the enlargement and provided With a concentric hub; alever for actuating the ejector having a fulcrum pin secured thereto journalled in the hub and having a recess formed therein concentric with the fulcrum, pin; and a coil spring disposed on the hub and engaged with the cup and the lever for retracting theejector. 4. In an ice cream scoop the combination with a scoop. bodyiand an ejector, of a tubular shank secured to the body and having an enlargement formed integral therewith; an annular cup secured in the enlargement and provided With a concentric hub and provided with a hole; a lever for actuating the ejector and having a fulcrum pin secured thereto journalled'in the hub and having a recess formed therein concentric with the fulcriun pin the recess being formed with a taiwential extension having an inclined end pro ided with a hole {and a coil spring for retracting the ejector an diSl Qsed on the hub and hav'ingone end engaged in the hole in the cup and provided with a jlatei? ally extending end directed tangentially to the coil this end'b ei'ng received in the tan gential extension of'the recess and engaged in the hole therein.

Signed at Orillia Ontarioflhis 18 day of November 1922. i

- FREDERICK w. VOLLANS. 

